4. Once loans to Germany were eliminated the German currency experienced devastating inflation. The German Reichmark essentially became akin to monopoly money. As an example: a loaf of bread in Germany cost several thousand reichmarks because the paper currency was literally worth almost nothing. This would be akin to today in this fictional scenario: You go into the store to buy a bag of doritos; you are used to paying $2.00, but the cashier rings you up and tells you it is now $200.00 dollars due to inflation and the collapse of the US economy.
